They were quickly reinforced just as the Māori tried to re-enter the pā from the back.

However, the town's defences was quickly reinforced by the veteran 101st Airborne Division.

Reading the messages of Leiva, he sent for reinforcements, and was quickly reinforced with 500 arquebusiers.

At such times, the 110 full-time county lifeguards are quickly reinforced by dozens of part-timers, whose number can reach 650 in the summer.

The colonial militia was quickly reinforced and the rebels had to pull back.

An area behind the walls was cleared and sentry passages were built to enable it to be reinforced quickly in an emergency.

The regiments were quickly reinforced, the majority of the prisoners being marched into holding camps near Lejjun.

The Luftwaffe was quickly reinforced, as Hitler hoped it would "save" the situation.

The Americans guarding both positions were quickly reinforced, and the defenders soon numbered over 1,800 men.

Although the Ottoman defences were widely dispersed they had good lateral communications so that any threatened point could be quickly reinforced.